Theodore Foster

Theodore Foster (29 April 1752-13 January 1828) was a US Senator from Rhode Island from 12 June 1790 to 4 March 1803, preceding Samuel J. Potter. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Theodore Foster was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1752, the elder brother of future senator Dwight Foster, and he became a lawyer in Rhode Island in 1771. From 1775 to 1787, he worked as a town clerk in Providence, and he would emerge as a strong supporter of George Washington and the Federalist Party. From 1790 to 1803, he served as one of Rhode Island's inaugural US Senators, and he went on to work as a historian and as a trustee of Brown University long after he left the Senate. He died in 1828.